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No Time to Lose

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John F. Lehman

Updated Oct. 1, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

It is quite amazing and heartening to see the speed and seriousness with which Congress has taken up the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.

After intense work, Sens. Joe Lieberman, John McCain and Susan Collins have introduced comprehensive legislation that differs on only a few matters with the Commission recommendations. The Senate leadership has pursued the same bipartisan course that enabled the Commission's five Democrats and five Republicans to achieve unanimity on comprehensive and decisive findings and reform recommendations....